Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Butterfly Prayers

A friend of mine is going through chemo right now, so I thought she could use something to let her know we are all praying for her.  Here is a Cricut-less card I made for her today.
The glittery background paper is from the DCWV Blooms and Butterfly stack, the pink polka-dots is from Heidi Grace and the dark pink accent paper and black are scraps from my stash. I added gel pen stitches around the black layers.

I bought this wonderful sheer butterfly from the Dollar Tree. This is the larger of the two sizes I bought (they came in pink, purple and blue.. and yes I bought them all). The large butterflies came two per pack and the smaller came three per pack. I love the wire frames and the rhinestone are beautiful! :)

I typed the sentiment on my computer using Gabriola font and punched it out with my Photo Label punch from EK Success. I added a pink and black mat too (just hand cut them to size) and attached some light blue self adhesive rhinestones to match the butterfly. I attached the sentiment tag with some pop-dots.

The border punch is from Martha Stewart (sorry, I don't know the name).  I added three more rhinestones along the bottom in three sizes.

Here you can see the dimension that the butterfly adds to the card front.  The butterfly comes with a wire coming out of the back to attach it, I cut the wire a little short, and punched a hole in the card front layers.  I just taped the butterfly's wire to the back so it can be taken apart to be reused or saved.

Here is the inside, I just used some more of the same papers to decorate the inside. 

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12 comments:

1 Cindy said...

I absolutely LOVE THIS CARD! That butterfly is to die for. You do such beautiful work, Cheryl. I have left an AWARD for you over on my blog! Go pick it up!
Cindy Porter http://cardcrazeeme53.blogspot.com/

2 jessica said...

beautiful card!! I know your friend will love it!!

3 My 3 E Scrapbooking said...

This is so pretty Cheryl! I'm sure your friend will appreciate it!
Amber

4
Anonymous said...

What a beautiful card. The butterfly is gorgeous. It is sure to brighten her day. ~ Lu

5 Emily said...

This is gorgeous! Nice work!

6 Pat N. said...

Very pretty card, Cheryl. The butterfly is beautiful! Isn't it nice to sometimes make something without the bug!?--Pat N.

7 Pink Lady's Paradise said...

Very nice card and very nice thing to do for a friend. I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the inspiration,
Cindy :)

8 happyglitzygirl said...

Great card and wonderful colours. I've had Chemo and know your friend would love the card. Thanks for playing with us at the Alphabet Challenge, blessings Hilde

9 Tiny Paper Blossom said...

I love all the cheery bling and glitter! What an upper for your friend. Thanks for joining us at the Alphabet Challenge Blog.

10 *Star said...

Beautiful card! The butterfly is amazing and I love the papers. Tfs and have a great day. :)

11 Sonia said...

Hi Cheryl
You did a wonderful creation. Thanks for joining us at ALPHABET Challenge Blog.
-Sony
Sonia-Studio60

12 Tracy said...

Another beautiful creation Cheryl -- love it!
God Bless you and your friend. (((hugs)))